Monthly Archives: April 2012

Non-Dogmatic, Post-Skeptical (Religion & Art at the New York Times)

Posted on April 22, 2012 by zjb

  At some point,  I may stop posting about religion and art at the New York Times, because the topic will have become too recurrent. Or maybe I won’t because the topic lends itself to too many questions re: religion, … Continue reading →

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With God & Men (“Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition”)

Posted on April 20, 2012 by zjb

[[Helène Aylon, The Digital Liberation of G-D (2004)]] Steven Greenberg was well aware writing Wrestling with God & Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition that many gay readers and their straight fellow travelers would be impatient by his commitment to … Continue reading →

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The Academic Study of Religion (A Visual Register)

Posted on April 19, 2012 by zjb

  (a partial selection of courses, fall 2012) The academic study of religion still has an uncertain place in the modern university. My colleagues in the Department of Religion at SU have made an effort to increase the department’s visual … Continue reading →

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The Great Wall(s) of Syracuse (Sol LeWitt)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by zjb

  Sol LeWitt Six Curved Walls (Syracuse) (2004?) Forget about the promotional hype about Sol LeWitt’s “Six Curved Walls (Syracuse)” breaking down barriers between the University and the community. It’s just an interesting sculpture-installation by Sol LeWitt, who graduated with … Continue reading →

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Architecture and Religion (Writing about Religion in the New York Times)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by zjb

Nice article by Michael Kimmelman on the new Renzo Piano addition of a convent and visitor’s center to Le Corbusier’s 1955 hilltop chapel of Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp. I’m not sure what to think about the new design. The … Continue reading →

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Radio Drive & Mental Loops

Posted on April 17, 2012 by zjb

  There’s lots of time to listen to the radio on a 4 hours car commute out of NYC, across the southern Poconos and up I-81 through Central New York to Syracuse. I never wanted to go with Satellite Radio … Continue reading →

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Antiquarianism (Marilyn Braiterman Rare Books)

Posted on April 16, 2012 by zjb

  I’ve been going to the annual ABAA (Association of Antiquarian Booksellers of America) for years. My mother is a professional book dealer, and I used to help set up for fair and pack up at the end of fairs … Continue reading →

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Flowers (Moses Mendelssohn & Modern Jewish Philosophy) (Judaism & Nature)

Posted on April 15, 2012 by zjb

I’ve never seen this image of Moses Mendelssohn. I like the b/w line and dot patterns a lot, and the soft eyes. As for the photographs: last spring, I wanted to take these exact pictures. They made me think of … Continue reading →

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(Fluid Bodies) God in Ancient Israel (Swooning & Skeptical)

Posted on April 15, 2012 by zjb

Dov Feigin, Pesel Bamidbar I just finished reading Benjamin (Ben) Sommer’s remarkable The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel. The quick upshot of the book is to locate the earliest strata of the Bible (J but especially … Continue reading →

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Haggadah (Leonard Baskin)

Posted on April 12, 2012 by zjb
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